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DARWIN, 
D. 
Darwin, Francis, on the effect of an 
induced galvanic current on Dro- 
sera, 37 
—, on the digestion of grains of 
chlorophyll, 126 
—, on Utricularia, 442 
Delpino, on Aldrovanda, 321 
——, on Utricularia, 395 
Dentine, its digestion by Drosera, 
Digestion of various substances by 
Dionea, 301 
by Drosera, 85 
—— — by Drosophyllum, 339 
—— —— by Pinguicula, 381 
—, origin of power of, 361 
Digitaline, action on Drosera, 203 
Dionea muscipula, small size of 
roots, 286 
—, structure of leaves, 287 
—-, sensitiveness of filaments, 
289 
——, absorption by, 295 
-——, secretion by, 295 
—, digestion by, 301 
——., effects on, of chloroform, 304 
——, manner of capturing insects, 
305 
——, transmission of motor impulse, 
313 
——, re-expansion of lobes, 318 
Direction of inflected tentacles of 
Drosera, 243 
Dohm, Dr., on rhizocephalous crus- 
taceans, 357 
Donders, Prof., small amount of 
atropine afiecting the iris of the 
dog, 172 
Dragonfly caught by Drosera, 2 
Drosera anglica, 278 
, — binata, vel dichotoma, 281 
—— capensis, 279 
—— filiformis, 281 
—— heterophylla, 284 
-—— intermedia, 279 
Drosera rotundifolia, structure of 
leaves, 4 
effects on, of nitrogenous 
fluids, 76 
4, 
FIBROUS. 
Drosera rotundifolia, effects of heat 
on, 66 
——, its power of digestion, 85 
—, backs of leaves not sensitive, 
231 
——, transmission of motor impulse, 
234 
——, general summary, 262 
spathulata, 280 
Droseraceex, concluding remarks on, 
355 - 
—, their sensitiveness compared 
with that of animals, 366 
Drosophyllum, structure of leaves, 
833 
, secretion by, 334 
——., absorption by, 337 
——,, digestion by, 339 
E. 
Enamel, its digestion by Drosera, 
106 
Erica tetralix, glandular hairs of, 
351 
Ether, effects of, on Drosera, 219 
—, , on Dionza, 304 
Euphorbia, process of aggregation 
in roots of, 63 
Exosmose from backs of leaves of 
Drosera, 231 
Fk. 
Fat not digested by Drosera, 126 
Fayrer, Dr., on the nature of cobra 
poison, 206 
——,, on the action of cobra poison 
on animal protoplasm, 208 
—, on cobra poison paralysing 
nerve centres, 224 
Ferment, nature of, in secretion of 
Drosera, 94, 97 
Fibrin, its digestion by Drosera, 100 
Fibro-cartilage, its digestion by 
Drosera, 104 ' 
Fibro-elastic tissue, not digested by 
Drosera, 122 
Fibrous pasis of bone, its digestion 
by Drosera, 108 
